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Short Bytes: Intel has incorporated the new SGX security technology in its Skylake CPUs, further strengthening the platform. Intel’s Sixth generation super performers Skylake CPUs have already been declared as the best processors in business – thanks to its blistering clock speed, better security and providing prolonged battery life. Now, Intel has revealed its plans to further […]
The risk of remote hacking is triggered through the faults in the media processing components that may be misused by malicious websites. Experts have identified some major flaws in the way media files are handled by Android which may eventually trap its users by automatically visiting malicious sites. A report by Zimperium (a cyber-security company) […]
Someone used 4chan to post about Oregon college shooting in the US before it actually took place. The sudden increase of Internet users has connected humanity worldwide. Some use it for good, others use it as a tool to spread fear and propaganda. This is exemplified by what happened on Thursday when a gunman in Oregon, California […]
Since the official public launch of Microsoft’s new operating system Windows 10 and the announcement of the company’s revised all-in-one privacy policy, allegations against the privacy settings of Windows 10 and the user data being unwantedly spied by Microsoft have been levelled all over the Internet. The scale of finger-pointing at Microsoft have ultimately forced them to reconsider their privacy […]
Short Bytes: The humble wireless router in your home, as you might not think, could be the biggest loophole in your personal cyber security measures. Read the article to know simple ways to protect your Wi-Fi router. These are the times when anything and everything digital is prone to hack. From ATMs to connected cars, […]
Short Bytes: The latest WinRAR SFX v5.21 update has a serious vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute any malicious code on your system. The latest release of the WinRAR software has been discovered with a serious flaw. As you unzip the SFX archive inside the RAR file, WinRAR a widely used software used to compress […]
The NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has finally joined Twitter and within a few hours he has earned a verified badge along with more than 930k followers. Yes, the man who changed the way people used to think about Internet privacy is available for interaction on Twitter and you can follow Snowden at @Snowden. In the About […]
In June this year, we reported how Facebook was sued by Belgium’s Privacy Commission (BPC) for tracking users even those who never made a profile on the social media site. Now, Frederic Debussere (representative of the Belgian Privacy Commission/BPC) in his opening arguments on Monday, referred to Edward Snowden, the famous NSA whistleblower, while revealing the […]
The Ghost Push malware comes with those Android apps that are available at non-Google app stores. The newly discovered Android malware dubbed as Ghost Push Malware has the capability of compromising a massive number of new devices (more than 600,000) on a daily basis. The malware has been detected by a famous Android developer Cheetah Mobile. The same company is […]
A unique malware has been found by security experts which spies on the players of online poker gaming sites, specifically Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars and is encoded to take screenshots of a victim’s game and then send it to the attacker, states a security researcher Robert Lipovsky at ESET. Various kinds of malware and Trojans have been […]
Microsoft Windows, in spite of having an insignificant share in the mobile market, is the leading operating system that is responsible for mobile device malware infections that is carried through mobile networks, according to the latest malware periodic report prepared by Alcatel-Lucent’s Motive Security Labs on Tuesday. The report suggests that during the beginning of the second […]
The Internet and primarily Social Media has catapulted Ahmed Mohammed into an overnight celebrity. Ahmed, a 14-year-old Muslim schoolboy from Texas was suspended from his school after being arrested for making a homemade clock which he brought into the school. Ahmed, a member of the school’s Robotics club, dabbled in electronics as a hobby and […]
In the past, we reported how your wearable fitness trackers can be hacked. Now, The university of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s associate professor Romit Roy Choudhry used a local app on Samsung Gear Live smartwatch to check the way data typed by a user got leaked due to the device’s motion sensors. According to Roy: “The project, called Motion […]
As reported previously how Microsoft released updates to spy on Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 Users just like it does on Windows 10. Now the firm has done it once again! The news has been making rounds on the Internet that Windows 10 is being force-downloaded automatically on Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 machines through Windows […]
Short Bytes: MIT may boast of having one of the smartest bunch of people under one roof, but when it comes to security benchmarks, it does not fair good. In fact, MIT ranks as the worst US university in terms of cyber-security protocols. SecurityScorecard conducted a study of the United States’ universities and looked through the […]
Windows 10 comes with some hard to believe terms and conditions which openly announces how the OS will spy on its users — Now Canada is conducting an investigation the issue. Windows 10 has been in the news of late for all the wrong reasons. Apparently, it is the operating system’s data collection capability that […]
One of the world’s most sophisticated hacking groups, linked to the Russian government, has been accused of hijacking vulnerable commercial satellite communications, using hidden receiving stations in Africa and the Middle East to mask attacks on Western military and governmental networks. The group, which operates Ouroboros — the virulent malware also known as “Snake” or […]
Potential Security Flaw In Obsolete CMS and Plugins Left Millions of Users Vulnerable To Ransomware. More than 142 million websites have been using outdated Content Management System (CMS) software and plugins that could be exploited by hackers to serve ransomware by injecting malicious scripts into those websites and then redirect the website visitors to the […]
A YouTube user ‘Sir.O’ wants you to understand clearly what the Microsoft Service Agreement’s Section 7B tries to convey.. and he did so through singing the entire section. Microsoft’s Service Agreement’s Section 7B claims that it might use some updates on Windows 10 OS to fully scan, identify and block pirated games on your computer. […]
The laser navigation system and sensors of driverless cars can be easily exploited by hackers as they can trick them into getting paralyzed thinking about a probable collision with another person, car or hurdle. Lidar 3D Imaging System is vulnerable to hack attacks. It is a system used by autonomous vehicles to create an image […]
During the recent IFA global press conference 2015 held in Berlin where a well-known security firm Kaspersky Lab micro chipped a volunteer’s hand live in front of the audience and demonstrated that how an RFID chip can be inserted into humans, filling a gap between humans and computers. But before implementation, the firm did not […]